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legally binds sweden to reach zero emissions by 2045

they have to comply with the paris climate agreement

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Advocates for renewable energy and clean water

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The people of the district from the Darshina Kannada and Udupi from Karnataka has a high literacy rate, in addition, they are a large newspaper-reading public. With such characteristics from the people, they were aware of the environmental issues and formed different movements. Examples: Save Western Ghats Padayatra which passed through the district in the late 1980s laid the

foundation for future environmental struggles,

Dakshina Kannada district Parisarasaktha Okkuta’ (Dakshina Kannada district Environment Federation),

`Dakshina Kannada Parisarasaktha Meenugarara Sangha’ (Dakshina Kannada District Fishermen Environment

Protection Committee),

`Dakshina Kannada Krushikara Vedike’ (Dakshina

Kannada District Farmers’ Forum),

Janabhivruddhi Vedike were established

sources: https://caluniv.ac.in/global-mdia-journal/ARTICLES_JUNE_2013/ARTICLE-%204-Poornananda.pdf

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Raised the issue of climate change in Australia and has a project called Climate Warrior

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Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar has taken her passion project - Climate Warrior - global to engage with the citizens of the world. Bhumi raised the issue of climate change in Australia and urged people worldwide to realise that the planet is on its brink.

Bhumi, who was in Melbourne, addressed people about the need to protect planet Earth.

She said, "We are dealing with the adverse effects of climate change as we speak, our generation, everybody, we're all going to face it and it's not something that affects only certain classes, in front of nature's wrath we're all are equal."

"A few years back my colleagues and I were going somewhere and we were like what can we speak about because we were going to meet someone very important. I was like I think climate change is something that needs to be spoken about. But at that time nobody spoke about it, that we're in a crisis, that we're in a state of emergency and that climate change is the largest looming threat that humanity has ever faced," added the Badhaai Do star.

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Bhumi Pednekar goes global, raises climate change awareness in Australia

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Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar has taken her passion project - Climate Warrior - global to engage with the citizens of the world. Bhumi raised the issue of climate change in Australia and urged people worldwide to realise that the planet is on its brink.

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DiCaprio has produced and narrated impactful environmental documentaries like "The 11th Hour" and "Before the Flood," raising awareness about climate change and environmental degradation.

He actively uses social media and public speaking opportunities to highlight climate issues. Through his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, he supports numerous environmental projects and organizations, focusing on biodiversity, ocean conservation, and climate change mitigation.

DiCaprio’s efforts have made him a prominent voice in environmental activism, inspiring action and influencing policy discussions on a global scale.

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Advocates for electrical vehicles. Launched his own sustainable projects.

Installed a water filtration system in Flint, Michigan that can clean up to 10 gallons of water at once for families

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/jaden-smith-flint-michigan-just-water

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Protecting Africa's national parks for its people, and advancing wildlife conservation in Africa and around the world.

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He is known as the father of the climate change economy, he received the Nobel Prize in 2018 for his climate and economic models, designed to the potentially unfortunate impact of climate change on the economy. He has been working on this area for decades as a result publishing his first work on this subject in 1994,  Managing the Global Commons: The Economics of Climate Change, which he followed with others, like Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming (2000) and A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies (2008).

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The first environmental took protest April 22, 1970, resulting in 50 years of earth day. Senator Gaylord Nelson rallied people to protest environmental issues and its effects. Around 20 million people participated in events across the country.

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A Growing Global Concern

Global concern for climate change began in 1972 when multiple scientists at the UN Conference on Human Development in Stockholm presented on the development of the climate over the century. By 1979, climate conferences were held and led to the creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by the United Nations in 1988. The IPCC is now one of the leading organizations that provide countries with scientific data to create informed policies.

People's Climate March (2014)

As time would go on, individual protests would grow larger. In September of 2014, around 400,000 demonstrators would gather in New York City for an event that would dramatically overtake Copenhagen's protest numbers. This event was significant because even though the environmental movement gained real ground with the inception of Earth Day, polls would show that the United States ranked second to last in public knowledge about climate change. The People's Climate March would be known for its diverse attendees, all of whom gathered under the slogan "To Change Everything, It Takes Everyone."

Global Climate Strike (2019)

After Earth Day, the only other climate event featuring events over a several-day period would be the Global Climate Strike in September of 2019. Over 8 days, 7.6 million people would join forces across the globe to demand action from global leaders. This would become one of the largest globally coordinated protest since the anti-war protests in 2003.

Strikers called for fossil fuels to be phased out, the end of deforestation in the Amazon and Indonesian rainforests, and the transition to renewable energy. The voices of people in 185 countries were joined by celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Hemsworth, Jaden Smith, Gisele Bündchen, and Willow Smith.

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8 Historic Climate Change Protests and Their Impact

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David Attenborough, a broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer, is known for his immensely mesmerizing nature documentaries. Throughout his career and documentaries, he allowed the plights and oncoming uncertainty of the natural world to be noticed by audiences all around the globe. He played an immense role on spreading awareness of the harm our environment is and will go through due to human activities.

Sir David Attenborough: A lifetime of environmental advocacy | Sustainability Magazine

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World's first green party

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WC Piguenit, 'Mount King William', 1886 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT)

Green Politics began in Tasmania when the world's first Green party, the United Tasmania Group (UTG), was formed at a meeting in the Hobart Town Hall on 23 March 1972, following the unsuccessful campaign to stop the flooding of Lake Pedder. Founded on ecological principles and led by visionary biologist Dr Richard Jones, the UTG made the environment the dominant issue in Tasmanian politics and society. It challenged the idea that further industrialisation was the way forward for Tasmania, and instead promoted an ecological platform that 'was as much concerned with society and the need for satisfying employment as it was with a wholesome and stimulating environment'.

Although it did not result in the election of candidates, 'The New Ethic' of the UTG, based on the four pillars of Ecology, Social Justice, Participatory Democracy and Peace, became the cornerstone of green politics thereafter. Dr Bob Brown was a candidate for the UTG and in 1976 with other UTG members, formed the Tasmanian Wilderness Society which led an inspirational, people-power campaign to save the Franklin River. He was elected to the Tasmanian parliament in 1983, following the resignation of fellow anti-dam campaigner, Australian Democrat Norm Sanders.

Brown was joined in the Tasmanian parliament in 1986 by Gerry Bates (Franklin) following a campaign against the Electrona silicon smelter, and in 1989 by Christine Milne (Lyons), Dianne Hollister (Braddon) and the Rev Lance Armstrong (Bass), after the campaign against the proposed native-forest-based, chlorine-bleaching Wesley Vale pulp mill. This team, the Independents, held the balance of power with a minority Labor government in an arrangement called the Labor Green Accord. During this dynamic period, at the instigation of the green Independents, the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area was doubled in size, 22 public schools were saved from closure, Freedom of Information legislation was introduced and 1,000 jobs were created in local employment initiatives.

The Labor Party broke the Accord when it abandoned a fundamental clause, not to increase the native forest export woodchip quota above 2.889 million tonnes per annum. The differing world views and vision for the future of Tasmania between the Liberal and Labor parties, colloquially known as 'the Laborials', and the Independents were at the heart of the fracture which resulted in a state election in 1992 in which the Independents, renamed the Green Independents, held their five seats.

In 1992 the Tasmanian Green Party was formed and later that year the Australian Greens party was launched as a federation of state Green parties. Bob Brown was the first leader of the Tasmanian Greens. He resigned from the Tasmanian parliament and unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Denison in the 1993 federal election. Following the 'Black River Bomb' forestry dirty tricks campaign waged against her, Dr Judy Henderson, the Tasmanian Greens' first Senate candidate, failed to secure the seat by a slim margin. Bob Brown was elected to the Senate in 1996, and Peg Putt replaced him in the House of Assembly.

Christine Milne assumed leadership of the Tasmanian Greens and became the first woman to lead a political party in the parliament of Tasmania. By negotiation she secured Party status for the Greens, Tasmania thus becoming the first Australian state to recognise the parliamentary rights of the Green Party. In 1994, building on the ethic of the UTG and the Labor Green Accord, the Greens launched a vision for Tasmania's future based on the concept of 'Clean, Green and Clever' and within a decade this became the dominant branding for Tasmania.

In 1996 the Greens achieved the balance of power with a Liberal minority government in spite of losing the seat of Bass. It was a socially progressive period of experiment with the concept of co-operative politics which led to the ground-breaking passage of Milne's Bill securing gay law reform, tripartite support for gun law reform and an apology to the Indigenous 'Stolen Generation'. The Tasmanian House of Assembly became the only Australian lower house to vote for a Republic in the lead-up to the Constitutional Convention. However, the transition from a resource-based, high-volume, low-value economy to a knowledge- and information-based, low-volume, high-value economy was resisted by the vested interests of the old order and their Laborial political supporters, who joined forces in 1998 to change the constitution, by reducing the number of parliamentarians, in an attempt to remove the Greens from parliament.

At the election, Peg Putt held her seat and took on the leadership of the Party. She was joined in 2002 by members from Franklin, Bass and Lyons with a record vote. Christine Milne was elected to the Senate in 2004. Nationally there are currently eighteen Green parliamentarians and Greens Parties in over seventy nations. At the first Global Greens Conference, in Canberra in 2001, Tasmania was recognised as the birthplace of this worldwide political movement.

Further reading: C Pybus & R Flanagan (eds), The rest of the world is watching, Sydney, 1990; B Brown & P Singer, The Greens, Melbourne, 1996; A Lohrey, 'Ground-swell', Quarterly Essay, Issue 8, 2002, www.blackincbooks.com; M Blakers (ed), The global Greens, Canberra, 2001; www.greens.org.

Christine Milne

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WC Piguenit, 'Mount King William', 1886 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT) Green Politics began in Tasmania when the world's first Green party, the United Tasmania Group (UTG), was formed at a meeting in the Hobart Town Hall on 23 March 1972, following the unsuccessful campaign to stop the flooding of Lake Pedder.

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The Chipko Movement, initiated in the 1970s in India, was a non-violent resistance to deforestation. Villagers, primarily women, hugged trees to prevent them from being cut down, emphasizing the importance of forests for their survival and the environment. The movement gained national attention, leading to a ban on tree felling in the Himalayan regions. It highlighted the critical role of local communities in environmental conservation and became a symbol of ecological activism.

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"Hills burn in California
My turn to ignore ya
Don't say I didn't warn ya"

"And once the water starts to rise
And heaven's out of sight
She'll want the devil on her team"

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What A Wonderful World By Louis Armstrong

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What A Wonderful World By Louis Armstrong

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This was written in the late 1960s by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss and performed by Louis Armstrong. From “trees of green” to “clouds of white,” this is a song that mentions forms of nature. Here, Armstrong sings about the beauty of the world around him.

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Silent Valley Movement was a movement against the state to protect Silent valley, an evergreen tropical forest Palakkad, Kerala, India. It was started in 1973 to save the Silent Valley Reserve Forest from being flooded by a hydroelectric project.

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According to her, external influences and conditions can prevent, suppress, or contribute to disease or death. Her goal was to help the patient retain his own vitality by meeting his basic needs through control of the environment.

sources:https://nurseslabs.com/florence-nightingales-environmental-theory/#h-subconcepts-of-the-environmental-theory

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The 2030 Calculator’ is the first tool that allows brands to quickly and easily quantify the carbon footprint of the products they manufacture, using a common universal scoring system.

sources: https://www.2030calculator.com/docs/methodology

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The 2030 Calculator: A product carbon footprint calculator

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The 2030 Calculator can be used to calculate the carbon footprint of products based on the emissions created from manufacturing up until the point of sale.

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The environmental message in ‘The Lorax’ is about the dangers of unchecked industrialisation and consumerism, and the importance of protecting the natural world

sources: https://silvotherapy.co.uk/articles/earth-day-and-the-lorax

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'The Lorax' is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1971 and released as a film in 2012. The story in the film takes place in the fictional town of Thneed-Ville, after all the trees have been cut down and replaced with factories. The protagonist, a young boy named Ted (Dr. Seuss's real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel or Ted), wants to impress a girl he likes (Audrey) by showing her a real tree, but he soon discovers that they no longer exist in his town. Ted is curious about the world beyond his city and sets out to find the answers, having been told by his energetic Grandmother that he should speak to 'The Once-ler'. The Once-ler lives " Far outside of town where the grass never grows and the wind smells slow and sour when it blows. And no birds ever sing, excepting old crows" because " People used to say if you brought him 15 cents, a nail and the shell of a great, great, great grandfather snail " he would tell you everything about what happened to the trees.

Ted finds a way out of the city to where most of the city's waste and contaminants are, and into an empty wasteland filled with tree stumps, and broken-down equipment. Following a path, he arrives at the Once-ler's Lerkim (his home in the ruins of his abandoned Thneed factory). At first the Once-ler tells Ted to go away, but when Ted tell him that he wishes to hear about trees, the Once-ler begins to tell him his tale - "Do you want to know about trees? About what happened to them? Why they're all gone? It's because of me."

The Once-ler tells Ted that it all started a long time ago, when he was a young man and left home " With nothing but a wagon, a mule, and a completely irrational sense of optimism. I was searching the globe, obsessed with finding the perfect material for my Thneed. But I'd had absolutely no success. Until one day, I found paradise ..."

Those trees! Those trees!
Those Truffula trees!
All my life I've been searching
for trees such as these.
The touch of their tufts
was much softer than silk.
And they had the sweet smell
of fresh buttery milk.

He describes finding the most beautiful place filled with bright tufted Truffula trees and Brown Bar-ba-loots in their Bar-ba-loot suits, playing in the shade and eating Truffula fruits. Deciding that the bright tufts on the Truffula trees would make a good Thneed [a versatile 'Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need'], he cuts down a Truffula tree and reflects that "Little did I know that by chopping down that tree I had just summoned a mystical creature as old as time itself. The legendary, slightly annoying guardian of the forest. The Lorax." who magically appears out of the stump of the chopped down Truffula tree. The Lorax is a small creature who 'speaks for the trees' who tells the Once-ler about the importance of preserving the environment. The Lorax and the Bar-ba-loots try to drive the Once-ler out of the forest, but end up just making him promise not to cut down any more trees.

However, when the Once-ler finds that there is a ready market for his Thneeds, he starts to cut down more and more Truffula trees to meet demand. The Lorax tries to stop the Once-ler, but he continues to cut down the trees, until the entire forest is gone. After this the Once-ler became a recluse in his Lerkim.

When the Once-ler finally completes his story to Ted, they ponder the small pile of rocks the Lorax left behind, upon which is written the word " Unless". The story ends with the Once-ler giving Ted the last seed of the tree, which Ted plants and promises to protect, and the Once-ler reminds us of the message that "unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

Perceptions of the Cleanliness of Nature

Interestingly, in a recent research article on using nature connection with young people written by Kirsten McEwen et al., entitled 'This Is What the Colour Green Smells Like!' they wrote that

" In a smell activity, adolescents were invited to smell leaf litter and soil from the woodland floor; however, this activity was observed to make them uncomfortable and self-conscious, and was therefore omitted from future sessions."

The researchers suggested in a separate talk that this might have been down to a modern conception that leaf litter and soil were dirty and unwholesome. I was reminded of two lines in The Lorax, one where Ted asks his Mum about 'real trees' and she replies "You would rather have some dirty, messy lump of wood that just sticks out of the ground? And it does what? I don't even know what it does. What's its purpose?" and another where the Mayor of Thneed-ville, Aloysius O'Hare (who has a factory that sells the inhabitants of Thneed-ville bottled air and who claims that photosynthesis is a made up word) who says, "Folks... The last thing you want around here is trees. They're filthy! Spewing that sticky, nasty sap all over the place. They bring poisonous ants and stinging bees."

The Background to The Lorax

According to the Dr. Seuss Website, Theodor (Ted) Seuss Geisel moved to La Jolla, California in the late 1940s. He built his home overlooking the Pacific and was charmed by the town, describing it as a "sleepy village" with lush vegetation and trees growing right up to the coast. However, by the late 1960s, La Jolla was no longer the restful place Ted had come to love. Highways, billboards, and a building boom had radically changed his perspective. The studio where Ted worked looked out on the Pacific with a view framed by beautiful eucalyptus trees, but when developers sought permission to cut down these trees to make way for residential properties, Ted raised his voice in opposition and The Lorax was born.

He wrote The Lorax in 1971, just as the environmental movement was beginning to take hold, the year after the first "Earth Day" was held in New York. On February 13, 1972, California's San Bernardino County Sun wrote that:

The Lorax is clear and intentional.
"This is one story," says Geisel, "that I fervently hope will become outmoded - a period piece in our own time. Because that would mean we've coped with the threats to our ecology in such a way that the next generation will not be endangered."

In this highly influential book, Dr. Seuss first wrote the line, "I speak for the Trees", lending a vital and lasting voice to the growing concern over world conservation. Famously, there was an unsuccessful attempt by the logging industry to ban "The Lorax" in the 1980s.

The Environmental Message in The Lorax

The environmental message in 'The Lorax' is about the dangers of unchecked industrialisation and consumerism, and the importance of protecting the natural world. The book depicts a world in which all the trees have been cut down to make way for the factories, driven by consumerism, and which in turn causes the pollution and destruction of the natural world. The Lorax struggles to get the people to understand the importance of preserving the environment before it is too late, but his message is that everyone has the power to make a difference and preserve the planet for future generations.

And The Lorax has inspired generations of activists and young social entrepreneurs to focus on ecology and green initiatives and it is still widely used as a tool for teaching children about environmentalism.

Find out more about The Lorax Project because "the environment is a responsibility we all share, because unless we care a whole awful lot, it's not going to get better, it's not."

Hugh is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide having trained with the Forest Therapy Institute and is a member of the Forest Therapy Hub. He lives with his wife on a croft (a kind of small farm unique to Scotland) which they run as a 'social croft' - the Scottish equivalent of a care farm. He is a passionate believer in the benefits to health and wellbeing that nature and increased connection to nature can bring. Professionally, he has worked for over twenty years supporting people experiencing: mental health problems; autism; learning disabilities; drug and alcohol problems; school exclusion; experience of the care system; and a history of offending behaviour.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-asher/

'The Lorax' is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1971 and released as a film in 2012. The story in the film takes place in the fictional town of Thneed-Ville, after all the trees have been cut down and replaced with factories. The protagonist, a young boy named Ted (Dr. Seuss's real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel or Ted), wants to impress a girl he likes (Audrey) by showing her a real tree, but he soon discovers that they no longer exist in his town. Ted is curious about the world beyond his city and sets out to find the answers, having been told by his energetic Grandmother that he should speak to 'The Once-ler'. The Once-ler lives " Far outside of town where the grass never grows and the wind smells slow and sour when it blows. And no birds ever sing, excepting old crows" because " People used to say if you brought him 15 cents, a nail and the shell of a great, great, great grandfather snail " he would tell you everything about what happened to the trees.

Ted finds a way out of the city to where most of the city's waste and contaminants are, and into an empty wasteland filled with tree stumps, and broken-down equipment. Following a path, he arrives at the Once-ler's Lerkim (his home in the ruins of his abandoned Thneed factory). At first the Once-ler tells Ted to go away, but when Ted tell him that he wishes to hear about trees, the Once-ler begins to tell him his tale - "Do you want to know about trees? About what happened to them? Why they're all gone? It's because of me."

The Once-ler tells Ted that it all started a long time ago, when he was a young man and left home " With nothing but a wagon, a mule, and a completely irrational sense of optimism. I was searching the globe, obsessed with finding the perfect material for my Thneed. But I'd had absolutely no success. Until one day, I found paradise ..."

Those trees! Those trees!
Those Truffula trees!
All my life I've been searching
for trees such as these.
The touch of their tufts
was much softer than silk.
And they had the sweet smell
of fresh buttery milk.

He describes finding the most beautiful place filled with bright tufted Truffula trees and Brown Bar-ba-loots in their Bar-ba-loot suits, playing in the shade and eating Truffula fruits. Deciding that the bright tufts on the Truffula trees would make a good Thneed [a versatile 'Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need'], he cuts down a Truffula tree and reflects that "Little did I know that by chopping down that tree I had just summoned a mystical creature as old as time itself. The legendary, slightly annoying guardian of the forest. The Lorax." who magically appears out of the stump of the chopped down Truffula tree. The Lorax is a small creature who 'speaks for the trees' who tells the Once-ler about the importance of preserving the environment. The Lorax and the Bar-ba-loots try to drive the Once-ler out of the forest, but end up just making him promise not to cut down any more trees.

However, when the Once-ler finds that there is a ready market for his Thneeds, he starts to cut down more and more Truffula trees to meet demand. The Lorax tries to stop the Once-ler, but he continues to cut down the trees, until the entire forest is gone. After this the Once-ler became a recluse in his Lerkim.

When the Once-ler finally completes his story to Ted, they ponder the small pile of rocks the Lorax left behind, upon which is written the word " Unless". The story ends with the Once-ler giving Ted the last seed of the tree, which Ted plants and promises to protect, and the Once-ler reminds us of the message that "unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

Perceptions of the Cleanliness of Nature

Interestingly, in a recent research article on using nature connection with young people written by Kirsten McEwen et al., entitled 'This Is What the Colour Green Smells Like!' they wrote that

" In a smell activity, adolescents were invited to smell leaf litter and soil from the woodland floor; however, this activity was observed to make them uncomfortable and self-conscious, and was therefore omitted from future sessions."

The researchers suggested in a separate talk that this might have been down to a modern conception that leaf litter and soil were dirty and unwholesome. I was reminded of two lines in The Lorax, one where Ted asks his Mum about 'real trees' and she replies "You would rather have some dirty, messy lump of wood that just sticks out of the ground? And it does what? I don't even know what it does. What's its purpose?" and another where the Mayor of Thneed-ville, Aloysius O'Hare (who has a factory that sells the inhabitants of Thneed-ville bottled air and who claims that photosynthesis is a made up word) who says, "Folks... The last thing you want around here is trees. They're filthy! Spewing that sticky, nasty sap all over the place. They bring poisonous ants and stinging bees."

The Background to The Lorax

According to the Dr. Seuss Website, Theodor (Ted) Seuss Geisel moved to La Jolla, California in the late 1940s. He built his home overlooking the Pacific and was charmed by the town, describing it as a "sleepy village" with lush vegetation and trees growing right up to the coast. However, by the late 1960s, La Jolla was no longer the restful place Ted had come to love. Highways, billboards, and a building boom had radically changed his perspective. The studio where Ted worked looked out on the Pacific with a view framed by beautiful eucalyptus trees, but when developers sought permission to cut down these trees to make way for residential properties, Ted raised his voice in opposition and The Lorax was born.

He wrote The Lorax in 1971, just as the environmental movement was beginning to take hold, the year after the first "Earth Day" was held in New York. On February 13, 1972, California's San Bernardino County Sun wrote that:

The Lorax is clear and intentional.
"This is one story," says Geisel, "that I fervently hope will become outmoded - a period piece in our own time. Because that would mean we've coped with the threats to our ecology in such a way that the next generation will not be endangered."

In this highly influential book, Dr. Seuss first wrote the line, "I speak for the Trees", lending a vital and lasting voice to the growing concern over world conservation. Famously, there was an unsuccessful attempt by the logging industry to ban "The Lorax" in the 1980s.

The Environmental Message in The Lorax

The environmental message in 'The Lorax' is about the dangers of unchecked industrialisation and consumerism, and the importance of protecting the natural world. The book depicts a world in which all the trees have been cut down to make way for the factories, driven by consumerism, and which in turn causes the pollution and destruction of the natural world. The Lorax struggles to get the people to understand the importance of preserving the environment before it is too late, but his message is that everyone has the power to make a difference and preserve the planet for future generations.

And The Lorax has inspired generations of activists and young social entrepreneurs to focus on ecology and green initiatives and it is still widely used as a tool for teaching children about environmentalism.

Find out more about The Lorax Project because "the environment is a responsibility we all share, because unless we care a whole awful lot, it's not going to get better, it's not."

Hugh is a Certified Forest Bathing Guide having trained with the Forest Therapy Institute and is a member of the Forest Therapy Hub. He lives with his wife on a croft (a kind of small farm unique to Scotland) which they run as a 'social croft' - the Scottish equivalent of a care farm. He is a passionate believer in the benefits to health and wellbeing that nature and increased connection to nature can bring. Professionally, he has worked for over twenty years supporting people experiencing: mental health problems; autism; learning disabilities; drug and alcohol problems; school exclusion; experience of the care system; and a history of offending behaviour.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-asher/

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Earth Day and The Lorax - An Darach Forest Therapy

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2018 | Trailer | Malayalam | Jude Anthany Joseph | Streaming on June 7th